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The engine is a 78 L Cummins engine with 12 turbos 3500 hp and 10,157 pounds of torque the engines are overhauled in Denver Colorado at the master rebuild center they usually do about 75 engines for the mine a year I work there now and they been a long customer of ours
This is Sue.... Mark was excited when he read all the engine specs! You've heard that a way to a man's heart is through his stomach? For Mark... it's engine specs...You Hit It!! Thanks for the info!
you know what's so nice about being an old old guy? you get to watch all your videos over and over and each time it's like the first time you've ever seen them. I really do enjoy your videos, they are so refreshing and I can feel the love, thanks guys, love you
Thank you! As you know, there are hundreds of TH-cam videos with people commenting on things they know nothing about. It was great to hear someone that really understands what they are talking about!! Thank you again for an interesting video!
Thanks for the kind words Rock Kitty,..........I loved working in the Development Engineering Department for Bucyrus Erie Company "back in the day". It is surreal to type that I started my engineering career their in 1975,.........and now, in 2020 I can still look at some of my equipment still working!
My second home for 6 years now driving those monsters! Loved it it’s the easiest job I’ve ever had! Really happy to be a part of it and to have driven one!
Wow, I was excited to see and hear about the machinery. I was an engineer with US Steel many years ago and can appreciate the scale of the operation. Excellent tour and commentary keep up the good work 👍
I was in the Mining Shovel Development Engineering department at Bucyrus Erie, and the Dragline Development Engineering Department at Harnischfeger. Those were my first two jobs in a 42 year career. Very fond memories indeed. I loved working on the giant, big stuff!
Mark, there is an old abandoned Kennecott Copper mine in south east Alaska outside of McCarthy. I believe it was abandoned around in the 1920s and a lot of it is still there. Now if you and Sue were to drive up there and record the adventure, I for one would enjoy watching those videos. Yours and Sues' take on the adventure and views of what is going on around you is spot on. I truly enjoy your videos and your sense of humor is outstanding. Rock on and stay safe
Thanks for the encouragement Mike. We will try to keep the adventures coming, but honestly our travel has been stopped in its tracks by today's reality. We will see what we can come up with,......
When you see how enormous this "hole" is, but realize operations like this exist all over the globe, you start to get a real feeling about how much man can really change the planet when he or she puts their mind behind it!
@@OurJourneyInMyles There’s a massive gold mine in Western Australia where I live called that Kalgoorlie Super Pit. Check that one out. I work at the local Cat Dealer and we are in the process of supplying something like 39 new Cat 793F trucks to replace their ageing haul trucks
@@australiantruckspotting8883 Wow,..........would love to make it to Australia someday. Unfortunately,........it would probably be on a cruise when I'm 80 years old.
The biggest mine in the world is the kennicott copper mine(Bingham canyon mine) in Utah,USA and I live by it. It also has the tallest tower at the kennicott smelter in the u.s. western hemisphere! You can still go to the mines overlook! 100% recommend it is beautiful. Those big huge mine trucks are amazing!
Mark, The small rusty loader on rails you were talking about it still made and used in underground mines around the world. It runs on air and I helped rebuild one in the '70's that was going to South America. I also rebuilt an electric "locomotive" that was used to pull strings of the small ore cars that the loader loaded. jack
@@OurJourneyInMyles Yes, there is; I have been working primary in the Gulf of Mexico as a drilling fluid specialist over 40 years assisting in drilling for oil and gas in excess of 5,500’ water depth. In the industry, the drilling fluid is call “mud”---thus my profile name---now you know the rest of the story! My wife has been teaching in the public school system for the past 37 years, and we both retired in 2014.
Been going to that place since 2005 , hoping this new visitor center is as nice as the last one that got damaged in the slide ! It had some much information, and a theater explains the history. We moved in 2017 so looking forward to our visit back .
This is Sue.... Mark obviously loved this place! I found it extremely amazing what man can do... the improvements to know when the earth may move again was fascinating.
Really cool. I worked with the guy in charge of that product line at Bucyrus Erie. He basically retired when all that series of machines were mothballed and retired!
My father in law works in the tire shop there. From June to October you can drive up either Butterfield canyon or go around to Tooele and go up middle canyon and there is an overlook on the opposite side of that platform.
I ran one of those shovels and we easily put on over 400 tons. And also a cool side note is that lots of silver and gold come out of there too they are considered by products of the who operation. The Olympic medals are made from the gold and silver that come out of Rio Tinto mines, and also the Super Bowl trophy is made from Rio Tinto silver. Also, Tiffany’s is contracted with Rio Tinto for their silver and gold.
When I working in the engineering department, I came really close to being able to operate a few movements of a 295B mining shovel in a mine in Arizona. I never had the opportunity, but I did design many of the "big boys" for 9 years!
Great video. I remember going by the Bucyrus Erie plant in Erie PA. when I was young. I use to thing it was a neet place because they had a big yard where they got to play with all the new toys as the came off the assembly line before shipping them to the customers. Or just because they could.
Bucyrus Erie was my first "real" engineering job. I started in 1975. It was a great company, and produced the finest mining equipment in the world. I have nothing but fond memories of my time their,........except maybe when I was TERMINATED and LAID OFF in 1982! OOPS,.....
@@OurJourneyInMyles Did you know a Mike Austin when you worked there? I know it is a small place so you should know everyone. That is what they use to tell me.when I worked for Lockheed Martin in Fort Worth, we only had around 12,000+ working there. I always wanted to go play in Bucyrus Erie's big sand pile.
A new tire for a 240 ton truck is currently about $65,000. I worked for US Steel and currently volunteer at the Hull Rust / Hibtac Mineview in Hibbing MN. The equipment is very fzmiliar.
Not really. I would be better off trading the 2014 for a 2016. I am OK with just taking a little bit more precautions. If I win the lottery I will by a Foretravel FS6.
Thanks! I couldn't help myself. I LOVED working at Bucyrus Erie in South Milwaukee Wisconsin, until the mining business went into a slump. It was like old home week for me.
Forget about the mine's tires Michael! I just got a quote for my RV tires, with FET, new valve stems, installed, disposal fee, and balanced. I have (8) tires, and need (6) new ones at $872 each. OWCH! Sue and I are thinking about renting out one of our recliners and 100 sq. feet when we are in Ft Myers for four months...............we do have and extra 1/2 bath,......?
All the upper trucks are hauling uselly just dirt so they can widening the bottom.. and there the ones making the hills out side the mined.. and all the trucks in the bottom of the mined are the trucks with copper and minerals
As a copper miner , the drill diameter is most likely not larger then 12 inches. I think the bench height of this mine is 50 feet. The holes are filled with Anfo, or heavy anfo based on the hardness and water content of the area. In 2013 the main stay failure happened . They knew that the failure was going to happen but didn't know the size. The next part he is looking at is a total station and prism system. Total station shoots a light beam at a reflective surfers and measures the change from the last scan. These are very helpful to show trends over a long time. Busieris was bought out by Cat. The tooth and adapter weight 54 lbs.
The whole mining businesses of copper, coal, taconite, gold or silver have fascinating behind the scenes processes and system infrastructures. I loved my years working at Bucyrus Erie.
The bottom half of the visitor center was not supposed to happen but they had me go and build some firms up and it was just supposed to be a lookout for kind of hot employees but I did such a good job they said we could do something more down there and they just wanted to spend more money and make the experience a lot more fun and I feel very it's still very great the track marks on the hill And stuff like that that was me tracking in the slopes but I but I feel really proud to be part of that
Too bad the visitor center isn't there anymore! Half the Mountain slid into the mine about 4 years ago it was a big thing on the news here in Salt Lake.
The Crusher output goes by conveyer to the Transfer Station west of Copperton Utah from there it goes to another conveyor up to the Concentrator north of Copperton, Utah! @ present work on crusher relocation to the top of the filled up former Bingham Canyon is ongoing!
Sue gave me my card back after I fixed the kitchen slide in the 90 degree heat in a Medora campground, while under the gun to get out of the spot. All is good!
THANKS! Every once in a while, we would have a really cool guy start working at the place I worked at. They were always BAD engineers. I always say, if you don't wear a pocket protector, your not practicing safe pen storage.
I had read an article about Kennecott Copper mine and wanted to look up video of it and I stumbled across this video. Did you say you got your start at Bucyrus Erie? In Erie, Pa? I am from Erie, Pa. I was a kid when Bucyrus closed, I think it was the 80's.. It was like the first in a long line of manufacturing plants to shut down here. The building itself reopened and it is now PSB. I'm a welder, I've been in there a few times, most recently, last January to take a pipe welding test. Are you originally from Erie, Pa? Huge coincidence that I clicked on this video.
Thanks for stopping by. I worked at Bucyrus Erie Mining Division in South Milwaukee, WI from 1975 to 1981-ish, with a 13 month stint at Harnischfeger Corp. Some of the most interesting and fun beginning years in Engineering. Merry Christmas Jabber Jawz.
@@OurJourneyInMyles - Interesting. See, I was like in grade school when Bucyrus Erie closed here in Erie, Pennsylvania, early to mid 80's. I showed my brother-in-law the your video, before you responded, he actually owns a shop here in Erie, PA and is 10 years older than me and he told me that there was a couple of branches of Bucyrus Erie outside of Pennsylvania and that when they closed here, he thought that they actually moved to a different state, that they didn't close and go out of business, at least at that time. Shoot. If you would have worked at the one here, I was going to ask you for your email and I'd go take a picture of the building now and send it to you. The side of the building that used to say Bucyrus Erie has a huge American Flag mural painted on the side of it, but if you get up close to it, you can still see where it said Bucyrus Erie. Anyways, nice talking to you. Merry Christmas and nice video of the mine. Must be so cool seeing the whole country like you guys do.
Welcome to Utah! We live in the Salt Lake area, and are your newest friends. Be sure you check out the awesome views and scenic drives we are famous for. Looking forward to getting to know you.
Hey thanks! We have already moved on quite a distance east, but are SO HAPPY we were smart enough to spend 20 days in SLC. Only a handful of cities truly leave a "wow" factor in our memory. SLC did it to me on my first visit in 1969. I'll be dipped if it didn't do it again in 2019!
Love the Video but Maybe with your experience @ BE and P&H you can answer a burning question I've had for the last 10 yrs Casting parts for both BE now Cat, P&H /Joy/Komatsu.....Whistler lips, why are they called Whistler lips? I've asked this question multiple times to guys in both companies and no one I've talked too knows why or the origin..
BE was my first job out college, and will always have a warm spot in my heart. I worked their about 7 years, starting in 1975. Wow,.......I'm friggin old!
@@OurJourneyInMyles Not much older than me - I graduated MSOE in 1980 and went to work in the Telecommunications industry which I enjoyed for nearly 30 years before jumping into facility operations in the healthcare sector.
The mine operation itself is off limits to the public. With today's geological science, I'm sure the mine owners know exactly where the bottom of the mineral seam is!
Hard surface welding is the one "job from hell" you are referring to in case someone is wondering what Mitch is talking about. Another job from hell is air arcing off the steel input "pipes" going into castings after they have cooled.
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I live in Sandy, UT and see this mine every day across the valley while I'm on my way to work.
It's a famous mine!
I'm 64 and still have my man card, but I can remember a time when I did not! Glad you brought back that memory
I just got it renewed last week when I fixed our kitchen slide! Video to come in a few weeks!
The engine is a 78 L Cummins engine with 12 turbos 3500 hp and 10,157 pounds of torque the engines are overhauled in Denver Colorado at the master rebuild center they usually do about 75 engines for the mine a year I work there now and they been a long customer of ours
This is Sue.... Mark was excited when he read all the engine specs! You've heard that a way to a man's heart is through his stomach? For Mark... it's engine specs...You Hit It!! Thanks for the info!
you know what's so nice about being an old old guy? you get to watch all your videos over and over and each time it's like the first time you've ever seen them. I really do enjoy your videos, they are so refreshing and I can feel the love, thanks guys, love you
Wow, thank you! By the time I publish one after editing, I have watched it 30 times. I have them memorized.
Thank you! As you know, there are hundreds of TH-cam videos with people commenting on things they know nothing about. It was great to hear someone that really understands what they are talking about!! Thank you again for an interesting video!
Thanks for the kind words Rock Kitty,..........I loved working in the Development Engineering Department for Bucyrus Erie Company "back in the day". It is surreal to type that I started my engineering career their in 1975,.........and now, in 2020 I can still look at some of my equipment still working!
My second home for 6 years now driving those monsters! Loved it it’s the easiest job I’ve ever had! Really happy to be a part of it and to have driven one!
That is awesome Paulo! Cool job to talk about for many years to come!
What model trucks are they ?
Wow, I was excited to see and hear about the machinery. I was an engineer with US Steel many years ago and can appreciate the scale of the operation. Excellent tour and commentary keep up the good work 👍
I was in the Mining Shovel Development Engineering department at Bucyrus Erie, and the Dragline Development Engineering Department at Harnischfeger. Those were my first two jobs in a 42 year career. Very fond memories indeed. I loved working on the giant, big stuff!
Mark, there is an old abandoned Kennecott Copper mine in south east Alaska outside of McCarthy. I believe it was abandoned around in the 1920s and a lot of it is still there. Now if you and Sue were to drive up there and record the adventure, I for one would enjoy watching those videos. Yours and Sues' take on the adventure and views of what is going on around you is spot on. I truly enjoy your videos and your sense of humor is outstanding. Rock on and stay safe
Thanks for the encouragement Mike. We will try to keep the adventures coming, but honestly our travel has been stopped in its tracks by today's reality. We will see what we can come up with,......
Saw this quarry from my flight from SNA to SLC. It's shockingly gigantic!
Hard to imagine it is man made!
Me and my girlfriend we’re driving to see the salt lake and when we got there all we could focus on was the massive smoke stack
Incredible that they use a brand new 63” tyre for display !!
That's what I thought!
Awesome tour-I love this stuff (Bob aka Harry Hair Shirt). Spent 33 years in Industrial ops and maintenance. Thanks for the vid. BNG
If you like tours, maybe we will do a few "oddball" ones in Milwaukee, Wi. I'll talk to Sue,....she's the boss.
Milwaukee got Brewery tour written all over it ;) Happy Trails BNG
Yay!!! My cousin works for this company!!! Great video and info. I love being able to see the mine.
Yes! I wish I could of included some awesome drone footage about this mine, but #1 they don't allow drones,.......and #2,.......I don't own a drone.
Very educational I live in Arizona and driving by the copper mines all my life and never knew exactly what was going on thanks for sharing. 👊👍😎
We love tours like this,......especially factory tours!
My dad works for this company! Great video, I’ve been in it
Very cool Super Unknown!
My husband would enjoy seeing this too, I'm sure. He also worked for a mining company once upon a time. 😊
I was so glad my wife liked it as much as I did. I think I may have to go to a botanical garden with her as payback though,.....
This is amazing I love copper and mines and seeing how large this place is it's so cool
I am hoping to get into an open pit coal mining operation tour in July this year!
Awesome
Impresive mine! Great tour! thanks
Glad you enjoyed it Tabe!
The TV show edge of alaska fired up my imagination, great place.dan
Thanks for watching,......
Very informative! Thank you.
Glad you enjoyed it, and watch youtube all day!!
I’ve heard about this mine. It’s absolutely astonishing in size, hard to comprehend !!!
When you see how enormous this "hole" is, but realize operations like this exist all over the globe, you start to get a real feeling about how much man can really change the planet when he or she puts their mind behind it!
@@OurJourneyInMyles There’s a massive gold mine in Western Australia where I live called that Kalgoorlie Super Pit. Check that one out. I work at the local Cat Dealer and we are in the process of supplying something like 39 new Cat 793F trucks to replace their ageing haul trucks
@@australiantruckspotting8883 Wow,..........would love to make it to Australia someday. Unfortunately,........it would probably be on a cruise when I'm 80 years old.
The biggest mine in the world is the kennicott copper mine(Bingham canyon mine) in Utah,USA and I live by it. It also has the tallest tower at the kennicott smelter in the u.s. western hemisphere! You can still go to the mines overlook! 100% recommend it is beautiful. Those big huge mine trucks are amazing!
This was one of my favorite "Guy Thing" tours I totally just lucked out and found by accident.
I have one thing to say nice!!
Thanks Davina.
We definitely want to see this mine... thanks for sharing... looks so interesting!!
It's amazing what mankind can undertake if they have the motivation,.....
So glad they reopen the visiting center
This company is obviously proud of their workers and operation!
Now that's a open pit surface mine right there.
Call me easy to amuse, but I loved it!
Mark,
The small rusty loader on rails you were talking about it still made and used in underground mines around the world. It runs on air and I helped rebuild one in the '70's that was going to South America. I also rebuilt an electric "locomotive" that was used to pull strings of the small ore cars that the loader loaded.
jack
Wow! The back breaking work that still goes on is amazing! I had it easy sitting at my computer in the office all day!
Thanks for sharing, that was awesome 👏🏼🚐👍💕
Your welcome Debbie! We have a couple of Yellowstone National Park episodes coming up.
Excellent video and info, interesting 👍
Thanks MrMudstud! This is Sue... love your name... I'm sure there's a story behind it :)
@@OurJourneyInMyles Yes, there is; I have been working primary in the Gulf of Mexico as a drilling fluid specialist over 40 years assisting in drilling for oil and gas in excess of 5,500’ water depth. In the industry, the drilling fluid is call “mud”---thus my profile name---now you know the rest of the story! My wife has been teaching in the public school system for the past 37 years, and we both retired in 2014.
Been going to that place since 2005 , hoping this new visitor center is as nice as the last one that got damaged in the slide ! It had some much information, and a theater explains the history. We moved in 2017 so looking forward to our visit back .
This is Sue.... Mark obviously loved this place! I found it extremely amazing what man can do... the improvements to know when the earth may move again was fascinating.
You guys never disappoint
Thanks for the kind comment Dick!
Very cool tour of this mine
I went to see "Big Brutus" in West Mineral, Kansas and was overwhelmed by its size. You must go if you haven't already.
Really cool. I worked with the guy in charge of that product line at Bucyrus Erie. He basically retired when all that series of machines were mothballed and retired!
My father in law works in the tire shop there. From June to October you can drive up either Butterfield canyon or go around to Tooele and go up middle canyon and there is an overlook on the opposite side of that platform.
That is great for folks to know. Thanks!
Great overview. We saw a similar mine up in Montana about 20 years ago. We may have to check this one out this fall.
Thanks for taking a peek!
I ran one of those shovels and we easily put on over 400 tons. And also a cool side note is that lots of silver and gold come out of there too they are considered by products of the who operation. The Olympic medals are made from the gold and silver that come out of Rio Tinto mines, and also the Super Bowl trophy is made from Rio Tinto silver. Also, Tiffany’s is contracted with Rio Tinto for their silver and gold.
When I working in the engineering department, I came really close to being able to operate a few movements of a 295B mining shovel in a mine in Arizona. I never had the opportunity, but I did design many of the "big boys" for 9 years!
Great video. I remember going by the Bucyrus Erie plant in Erie PA. when I was young. I use to thing it was a neet place because they had a big yard where they got to play with all the new toys as the came off the assembly line before shipping them to the customers. Or just because they could.
Bucyrus Erie was my first "real" engineering job. I started in 1975. It was a great company, and produced the finest mining equipment in the world. I have nothing but fond memories of my time their,........except maybe when I was TERMINATED and LAID OFF in 1982! OOPS,.....
@@OurJourneyInMyles Did you know a Mike Austin when you worked there? I know it is a small place so you should know everyone.
That is what they use to tell me.when I worked for Lockheed Martin in Fort Worth, we only had around 12,000+ working there.
I always wanted to go play in Bucyrus Erie's big sand pile.
A new tire for a 240 ton truck is currently about $65,000. I worked for US Steel and currently volunteer at the Hull Rust / Hibtac Mineview in Hibbing MN. The equipment is very fzmiliar.
I worked on building a Bucyrus 195B mining shovel there. It was literally the coldest place on EARTH I have ever been!
Wholesome content. Thanks for sharing.
Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for stopping by.
Wow!!!😲
This is Sue..... I thought you might like this one, Lee... I mean Sgt Woo!
My entire family worked up there both grandpas all my great uncles and one of my uncles who worked with my grandpa on my moms side.
The mining industry has employed a lot of us over the years!
Mark, I'm just wondering.....is it possible and/or cost efficient to replace your tag with a steerable version?
Not really. I would be better off trading the 2014 for a 2016. I am OK with just taking a little bit more precautions. If I win the lottery I will by a Foretravel FS6.
Your video had a lot of Knowledge put into it thanks for the awesome video
Thanks! I couldn't help myself. I LOVED working at Bucyrus Erie in South Milwaukee Wisconsin, until the mining business went into a slump. It was like old home week for me.
Pretty impressive mine and machinery. Bet it was even more impressive in person. Can’t believe that one tire cost over $30K. 👍😎
Forget about the mine's tires Michael! I just got a quote for my RV tires, with FET, new valve stems, installed, disposal fee, and balanced. I have (8) tires, and need (6) new ones at $872 each. OWCH! Sue and I are thinking about renting out one of our recliners and 100 sq. feet when we are in Ft Myers for four months...............we do have and extra 1/2 bath,......?
All the upper trucks are hauling uselly just dirt so they can widening the bottom.. and there the ones making the hills out side the mined.. and all the trucks in the bottom of the mined are the trucks with copper and minerals
That is a very interesting fact. It makes sense now that it is pointed out.
VERR NIICE!!
This was an extra fun day trip for me! Glad I didn't have to ride my bike up the hills.
Very cool!
Glad we had great weather,......
Bisbee AZ - Lavender Pit and Queen Mine
Yes! Next time for sure!
Oh hey welcome to SLC!
Once you visit, who doesn't like SLC? Even your KOA rocks!
As a copper miner , the drill diameter is most likely not larger then 12 inches. I think the bench height of this mine is 50 feet. The holes are filled with Anfo, or heavy anfo based on the hardness and water content of the area. In 2013 the main stay failure happened . They knew that the failure was going to happen but didn't know the size. The next part he is looking at is a total station and prism system. Total station shoots a light beam at a reflective surfers and measures the change from the last scan. These are very helpful to show trends over a long time. Busieris was bought out by Cat. The tooth and adapter weight 54 lbs.
The whole mining businesses of copper, coal, taconite, gold or silver have fascinating behind the scenes processes and system infrastructures. I loved my years working at Bucyrus Erie.
the machines are like little working beatles from the distance
That's exactly what I thought when I was there. Everyone is busy as a bee, and everyone has their own job to do!
The bottom half of the visitor center was not supposed to happen but they had me go and build some firms up and it was just supposed to be a lookout for kind of hot employees but I did such a good job they said we could do something more down there and they just wanted to spend more money and make the experience a lot more fun and I feel very it's still very great the track marks on the hill And stuff like that that was me tracking in the slopes but I but I feel really proud to be part of that
Thanks for working on it! It was a great experience.
Too bad the visitor center isn't there anymore! Half the Mountain slid into the mine about 4 years ago it was a big thing on the news here in Salt Lake.
Yes,.......they were able to get some warning I believe from the "mountain movement" sensors they had. They have an even more sophisticated setup now!
The Crusher output goes by conveyer to the Transfer Station west of Copperton Utah from there it goes to another conveyor up to the Concentrator north of Copperton, Utah!
@ present work on crusher relocation to the top of the filled up former Bingham Canyon is ongoing!
All my past engineering jobs were on equipment like this. It was fun seeing it all in action!
This is a great tour video! Not quite appropriate language in a couple of places to allow for me to share with my classroom.
Thanks for watching anyways.
R63 is the rim you know like a regular tire would say somthing like 235 75 R 16 And the R 16 means 16 inch rim
That is one heck of a giant tire!
I work there, haul trucks haul about 370 tons every load, the tires apparently cost around $70,000 each.
Wow! Thanks for the info Josh! Tell your company visiting the mine is simply "magical" for all of us regular "boring job" folks!
I think that sitting on that tooth of the bucket is how you get your man card. Mistakes are the right of passage on these kinds of industrial sites.
Sue gave me my card back after I fixed the kitchen slide in the 90 degree heat in a Medora campground, while under the gun to get out of the spot. All is good!
Ammonia phosphate makes boom, drills are used for oil also.
My last job at Bucyrus-Erie before the mining recession was working in the Blast Hole Drill Development Department. Those were the days!
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You will always be a geeky engineer!
THANKS! Every once in a while, we would have a really cool guy start working at the place I worked at. They were always BAD engineers. I always say, if you don't wear a pocket protector, your not practicing safe pen storage.
I had read an article about Kennecott Copper mine and wanted to look up video of it and I stumbled across this video. Did you say you got your start at Bucyrus Erie? In Erie, Pa? I am from Erie, Pa. I was a kid when Bucyrus closed, I think it was the 80's.. It was like the first in a long line of manufacturing plants to shut down here. The building itself reopened and it is now PSB. I'm a welder, I've been in there a few times, most recently, last January to take a pipe welding test. Are you originally from Erie, Pa? Huge coincidence that I clicked on this video.
Thanks for stopping by. I worked at Bucyrus Erie Mining Division in South Milwaukee, WI from 1975 to 1981-ish, with a 13 month stint at Harnischfeger Corp. Some of the most interesting and fun beginning years in Engineering. Merry Christmas Jabber Jawz.
@@OurJourneyInMyles - Interesting. See, I was like in grade school when Bucyrus Erie closed here in Erie, Pennsylvania, early to mid 80's. I showed my brother-in-law the your video, before you responded, he actually owns a shop here in Erie, PA and is 10 years older than me and he told me that there was a couple of branches of Bucyrus Erie outside of Pennsylvania and that when they closed here, he thought that they actually moved to a different state, that they didn't close and go out of business, at least at that time. Shoot. If you would have worked at the one here, I was going to ask you for your email and I'd go take a picture of the building now and send it to you. The side of the building that used to say Bucyrus Erie has a huge American Flag mural painted on the side of it, but if you get up close to it, you can still see where it said Bucyrus Erie. Anyways, nice talking to you. Merry Christmas and nice video of the mine. Must be so cool seeing the whole country like you guys do.
Welcome to Utah! We live in the Salt Lake area, and are your newest friends. Be sure you check out the awesome views and scenic drives we are famous for. Looking forward to getting to know you.
Hey thanks! We have already moved on quite a distance east, but are SO HAPPY we were smart enough to spend 20 days in SLC. Only a handful of cities truly leave a "wow" factor in our memory. SLC did it to me on my first visit in 1969. I'll be dipped if it didn't do it again in 2019!
So that giant hole didn't used to be there?
Nope! The geologists just told them to "dig here, and they have been ever since!"
Love the Video but Maybe with your experience @ BE and P&H you can answer a burning question I've had for the last 10 yrs Casting parts for both BE now Cat, P&H /Joy/Komatsu.....Whistler lips, why are they called Whistler lips? I've asked this question multiple times to guys in both companies and no one I've talked too knows why or the origin..
Wow! I hate to disappoint you, but I had never heard that term used!
No one was hurt cause they new it was coming
All the monitoring equipment did the job, and they have even more and better equipment in place now.
Lol! What happened at the end?!?
It was a day that I found the sound effects button on my editing software!
Bucyrus Erie! Now that is a classic Wisconsin company - too bad it went out of business in 2011!
BE was my first job out college, and will always have a warm spot in my heart. I worked their about 7 years, starting in 1975. Wow,.......I'm friggin old!
@@OurJourneyInMyles Not much older than me - I graduated MSOE in 1980 and went to work in the Telecommunications industry which I enjoyed for nearly 30 years before jumping into facility operations in the healthcare sector.
I think its like 300 tons it can load
I loved working in this industry,.........but it is cyclical in nature.
Should of said old visitor center isn't there anymore.
Yes, we learned the old center got wiped out. I am sure the Covid thing has put a new visitor center plans on hold, if it ever was even in the plans.
what happens if you go to the bottom of the mine
The mine operation itself is off limits to the public. With today's geological science, I'm sure the mine owners know exactly where the bottom of the mineral seam is!
How many million tonnes of rock were excavated during history of bingham canyon mine?
Istvan,.....this would be an excellent project for you to work on,....and get back to us!
@@OurJourneyInMyles sorry but i don't live in the usa :(
Yeah u can probably chip the New Zealand one off. Lol. The smelter is closing down soon I think
So sorry to hear that. Those are good jobs to loose. I lost my job in mining engineering. It is a very cyclical business.
Aluminum smelter closing 2039
That tire is 50,000
Yowsers!
I once had the hell job
Hard surface welding is the one "job from hell" you are referring to in case someone is wondering what Mitch is talking about. Another job from hell is air arcing off the steel input "pipes" going into castings after they have cooled.
No way did I see my house this video
Extra excitement at NO CHARGE!
Blah blah blah, we get it you used to be an engineer... Yeesh.... :-p
Always good when we have a family member so articulate with their reply :) This is Sue.... Alex... I agree.... he can't help himself!!
@@OurJourneyInMyles hahaha, yet somehow I love every minute of it ;-)
Once a engineer always a engineer : )
@@gman77gas It truly is something that is hard to shake!